... transactions would have an effect on increasing Enron's net assets the transaction involves no cash receipts the only way it increases cash flow is by Moving debt off the balance sheet and increasing equity, thus improving the company's ability to borrow more funds. The recorded gain increases its return on assets thereby enhancing its earnings performance and stock prices, as well ... occurred. This is true for three reasons. First, many of the assets Enron transferred to SPE's were not producing enough income to justify their cost as recorded on the balance sheet. They were assets for...

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... two and a half years. During this period, as a result of improper accounting procedures, net income was overstated by approximately $9 billion, with an offsetting overstatement of capital assets on the balance sheet. Again, these fraudulent activities were directed and approved by WorldCom's management team. WorldCom engaged in these activities in order to keep increasing operating costs down and meet the revenue expectations ... ." 306 - Prohibits officers and directors from selling or purchasing stock during blackout periods. Section 400 - Financial Disclosures of Publicly Traded Compa...

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... the ire of the Federal Reserve, Securities & Exchange Commission, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (occ)." PNC put $762 million of bad assets into three off-balanced-sheet entities, they "camouflaged" the risks, sold stock after "inaccurately" portraying it's financial performance, and misled shareholder all under Rohr. Many analysts" say that the guy at the top should take ... , PNC's stock fell 3.5% to $46.20. The main problem with PNC was there leadership or lack of it. PNC, with partner American international Group Inc., continued to create off-balance-sheet vehicles...

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... they began to break away from all the impediments that would stop them from achieving these goals, including morality and honor. It is a particularly pathetic situation when people will lie, cheat, and steal to get ahead in this world. These people include thieves, prostitutes, and murders. Eventually, it will catch up to them and they will either end up in jail ... ...

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... for the reason why? When reached for comments, lawyers for the firm declined to speak with papers. Basically, this tells me that, more often than not, when you try to cheat the system you get caught. Someone is always looking over your shoulder, even when you are based halfway around the world. After all, BDO's headquarters are in Cyprus and Belgium ... ...

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... vein. What one knows is government insiders who have a vested interest in the two large corporations under investigation created an environment, which made it possible for these same corporations to cheat and deceive their employees and shareholders. Americans also know that, currently, Enron is reported to have "created ...874 subsidiaries "more than 30 percent of the company's total 2,832 " ... ...

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... the investigation, it became clear that full disclosure was not made available to the CEO, the board members, and the shareholders. In Enron's situation speculation was done off the balance sheet using derivatives and dummy corporations. The CEO and the board members were unaware that these transactions were taking place. The result was that shareholders including some of the nation's biggest ... ...

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... very first one to note was called LJM1 which hedged risky stock investments. Enron set up these partnerships using stock as funding which did not appear on the company's balance sheet. These partnerships were set up as an SPE or a Special Purpose Entity, which agrees to pay Enron if it investments decline in value. As the investments decline payments were made ... ...

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... deteriorated dramatically in October when Enron had to set aside $35m to cover losses in two complex partnerships, which were set up in 1999 to move debt off its balance sheet and hide losses. It was also forced to knock $1.2bn off shareholder equity at the time, a move that led to a crisis in investor confidence and a collapse in Enron's share price ... ...

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